ORGANIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES BASED ON THE PROCESS OF THEIR CREATION AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS AS RESOURCE RELATIONSHIP NODES

Authors

  • Steven J Baskauf Vanderbilt University Dept. of Biological Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v7i1.3664

Keywords:

occurrence, metadata, individual, GUID, RDF

Abstract

Abstract. - Kinds of occurrences (evidence of particular living organisms) can be grouped by common data and metadata characteristics that are determined by the way that the occurrence represents the organism. The creation of occurrence resources follows a pattern which can be used as the basis for organizing both the metadata associated with those resources and the relationships among the resources. The central feature of this organizational system is a resource representing the individual organism. This resource serves as a node which connects the organism's occurrences and any determinations of the organism's taxonomic identity. I specify a relatively small number of predicates which can define the important relationships among these resources and suggest which metadata properties should logically be associated with each kind of resource.

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Published

2010-06-15

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Articles (peer-reviewed)

How to Cite

Baskauf, Steven J. 2010. “ORGANIZATION OF BIODIVERSITY RESOURCES BASED ON THE PROCESS OF THEIR CREATION AND THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL ORGANISMS AS RESOURCE RELATIONSHIP NODES”. Biodiversity Informatics 7 (1). https://doi.org/10.17161/bi.v7i1.3664.